In full: Singapore announces mpox public health measures



Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (Sep 4) that it will offer the mpox vaccine to healthcare workers at highest risk of exposure and close contacts of confirmed cases. This is among measures it announced as part of public health preparedness measures for mpox Clade I.
“This is likely to be a troublesome virus that we can manage. It will very unlikely lead to the kind of disruption that happened during COVID-19,” said Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung at the press conference.

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40 thoughts on “In full: Singapore announces mpox public health measures”

  1. 57:16 Hmm……interesting. I believe this is the first time I've seen a full Minister openly ask during a press conference for feedback regarding potential concerns from certain sections of the people in relation to a health threat. It does appear that this 4G team, or at least Minister Ong, is serious about hearing from the ground and taking those feedback into consideration. Very refreshing. Very encouraging for future generations, as well as the political landscape and development of Singapore.

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  2. So basically the health measures is more or less vaccination to the most vulnerable and it will not cause really any disruption to daily life as vast majority of health experts have already said. About an hour of my life I won't be getting back.

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  3. We dont focus just on virus , this is due to our citizen is living un healthy life , we alway focus on medications , due to many aging related disease , bring dwn all the sufferer chronic disease get low resistance and get virus easily , we should do a freqqent chech on hockers as most of our citizen are using hawjer food , they are using cheat oil and recycle oil many times , can minister orminister of eviroment do acheck

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  4. thank you MOH for the press conference and clarity. It is good to be clear and concise in conveying messages early. But contrary to what Min Ong said about scenarios of transmission, Dr Ho mentioned for elderlies to be masked if they are concern. I think there should be consistency in the messaging. If it is currently only transmitted via physical contact, then emphasis should be placed on constant sanitizing / washing of hands. Also, reporters did not correct Min Ong when he said those "born after 1980s…..". It should be those born BEFORE 1980 would have received the small pox vaccine. Are we supposed to assume that vaccine taken over 40 years ago are still effective? Nevertheless, this press conference is so much clearer as opposed to those held by COVID MTF.

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